Jezerey

What type of resources do you use for writing? Are we talking MS Word or do you use a program like Scrivener?

How do you organize your inspirations? I'm a pantser but I'm trying to get better about plotting, so I've had to start using a bit of storyboarding to help out.

I know I'm being greedy here, but would you say Scribblehub beats a site like Royal Road for the Isekai wish fulfillment stories? I've recently delved into writing LitRPG and have been weighing publishing to a platform like Scribblehub or Royal Road instead of going straight to Kindle Unlimited after ARC and feedback editing.

Thanks so much for the reply!

I've been using Dropbox to sync my Scrivener files so I can write across 2 different machines, even though I rarely write on my personal desktop anymore.

Wow. I'm impressed by your method. I have a method that's working so far, where I mostly try to figure out the story beats and scenes/major arcs going forward so my current work doesn't end up 170k words and it's still not even close to done.

Thanks for the feedback. I've been concerned with Royal Road and Scribblehub being freely accessible. There has been major issues with work being lifted from those sites and posted onto KU by readers. Author reports the issue to Amazon, who takes it down but then the author can't ever post it to KU since Amazon's flagged it as a stolen work.

I'm glad you're making it! Thank you for being the inspiration for small and independent authors. Publishing Companies and the querying process just murders so much talent for so little returns.

I've been lucky so far that my plot points don't get too tangled up or forgotten about. Every single loose thread is still there and is being accounted for.... Sometime.... Eventually.... I swear!

That's something that I really do feel you've accomplished well. I used to write Space Opera novellas. At any given time, I'd be juggling 3 or 4 stories in various stages of written, waiting for the small publishing press to decide to go to print. It was hectic for me, since I couldn't concentrate on just one story, one set of characters who have their own thoughts, feelings, and personalities.

Since I've switched to writing LitRPG and going for a full length (Shooting for 120k for my debut book, roughly 5k words per chapter) novel.... I've had a chance to really flesh out and enjoy this cast of characters. I feel like I can really bring them through a full character arc without some of it being forced or contrived. It feels very organic, almost.

Patreon seems like such a great engine for income at times, but the draconian rules that Amazon has would make someone hoping to put out decent patron rewards have to write double duty to satisfy Patrons rewards, AND develop your story enough to publish. Amazon's rule is less than 10% of your total work can be shared as free chapters on another platform.